Knitted tubular pocket for hosiery.



R. J. MORNINGSTAR.

KNITTED TUBULAR POCKET POP. HOSIERY.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 25, m3.

1,1 17,591., Patented NQv.17,1914.

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Rome J.- MORNING-STAR. DI" PHILADELPHIA) PENNSYLVANIA.

KNITTEI) TUBULAR POCKET FOR HGSIERY.

'irl 117.591.

Application tiled September 25. 1913.

Be it known that l. liceos tl. lllivnNiNo- STAR, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, rez-inlineY at, Philadelphia. inv the county ol" lthiladelf phiaand State ol' Pennsylvania, have inrented certain new and uiwlul improveniente in Knitted l`nl;nlar Pockets l'or lxlosfiery, o't which thefollowing is a speci-- tica tion.

'llhe invention has particular rclrenee to the process oit'nnuullaeturingpockcted stockings. and crniteniplates the fabrication ol'the pocket nieinlier ol the saine matorral as; the stocking' and ol suchde szign that it may easily and properly he attached to the stocking.

lielorenre will he had to thc urctnnpruiyint; drawing t'orlninlg` a parto'tA this spec-.ith ration wherein like Iuunerals of 'referencedesignate cori-eslrondine parts tliroughout. the several views. in whichlatter:

lFigure l, is a persiieelive View o't' a stocliin e; equiptwd with thepocket. Fig. 2 is a ver ticiil sectional View through the upper portionthcreotl showing' the l'iap 0l.' the pocket open in l'ull lines: andclosed in dott'cd lines, Flo'. 3 is a View similar teilig. f2 taken on alii'icfaty right angles thereto. liig. l .is a detail View of thepocket; nu-niher in :in incomplete yand unattaehed ante. Fie'. 3 is adetail View Vin perspective oi" the pocket unattacl'led and as it comesfrom the knittingy machine and helore heine flattened out, and Fig.' (ile a detail View ot' the lahricatiou ol a' portion of the pocket.

Referring Ato the drawings, character l designates: a ladvs stocking. oranalogous articleeither ol'ilhe seainlees or tull fashioned type. havingthe usual welt 9 stitched aS at il, providing the usual douhle thicknessat the opper end. nl the stocking. A pocket l; occured a i its loweredge lo the stocking; hiv the saine line ot' 'tchen` 23 as #een inl'ig'. Il. and the side enges ol' Ythe pocket are ot' ched to the weltportieri of the. stocking hv stitches 5 which extend troni the top edge.of the Stocking to the hottmu edge of the welt (fo-incident with the rowot' Stitchesl S. Thus it will he .eeen that the pocket openin;I For thereception of valuahles is helwecu the poeket uiernher fl and the welt olthe stocking. The pocket n'n-uiher lis olE .special formation, a5 willhe later deserilnfd. and its upper portion entendsy ahon'ellieelec-kine; welt and its provided with a .Snap or other separable'fastener n'ieinllcr (3 for 'tareteningl Sp eciication o t' LettersPatent,

. jatented Nov. t7, 1914i. Serial No. 791.881.

engagement. with a complement fastening meunier T secured to the welt.4Obviously. the pocket. lneniher l: may he attached to either the insideor outside of the stocking, though prel'erallly the loriner t'cr thesake ol' hotter appearanrein the iniehed article.

rl`he pocket. inenlher in constructed as lfollows: AS it comes 'freinthe knitting machine. ity appears as in Figi'. fl. This niemher is ofrlouhle. thickness the portion 7 henneT tuhular and provided withdiametriially oppoeite vertical rowfsl o1 peculiar or irregular mesh.which rows 8 divide. the iueinher into two sections` 5) and il() whichrespectively forni the two walls or thicknesses oft the pocket ineinherwhen applied tothe stocking. ln the process of knitting;y the. sectionll is; rarried heyoncl the se'otion 10 and a tapered portion ll loopedor otherwise attached thereto as at l2, the portion 11 heiligfahricatetl at right angles to the portion l), except, the media nportion 14, which latter is really a continuatlon of the portion E) asthe row t! of loopings does not extend entirely across the article` butonly a limited extent lroni the specially knit rows 8 on each side olthe said pocket ineinher. lil/'hen taken from tl".,l{nittinr machine7the front odge ot' the portion l'l and the, upper edge portion 16 of thesection 10 are stitched totether coincident with the dotted lines 15 and,lli hy-a row ot' stitches 17. .The niemher so formed is then pressedflat on the rows 8 and then stitched to the stocking.

lin Fig. G, the specially/.f ileoigned rows of knitting' S are leen tone similar in general to the. .rows t4. which latter nialie up the hodyportion oit-the said inemher fl, except that hm'izontaly orconnectingstrands of the vertical rows 8 are ot' greater length than those ot' therows 8', whereby there is a dis` tinrt line oli' separation hetween thewections i) and V10 ot the pocket member 'l. lt is upon these distinctlines or rows,` S that the pocket rneniher llattened and upon theeesaine,

.lines that the pocket member is stitched hv the rows of stitches o inattaching it. to the. stocking. ln the finished article, it will heolnerved that the rows l2 of loopingr change lrniu the llie. '-'lposition to that of Fig. 5 and into alineinent witlrthe Aaid rows S, andil; iS upon theee rows l2 that the upper portio-i ol' the pocketrneinhcr' is lattenetl.

lly naeanz; of this einistruetion. a double walled poeliet. nieniher isformed having a selvagge edge throughout. except at the bot.-

ripa! l nimeer distin uisliing lineon eacli side applying it to thestocking, but an indicating point or line on each sid ocliet ineniber,is

said4 indicating rows lienible upon which ed in being flattened. im thattbe rows. 12' ot' looping, not only pre-- inisliedgedgelbut as sent` aupon which to o upon Wliichthe be flattened. Further, 8 sernv'e asportions more the fabric may be folcllt will also be noted tal row 17 ofstitches will be seen to be substantially in tie' p `i the welt and 'onpocket member Ll lane otn tlie upper ed e of the outside tace ot theWhere it serves as a stitiened element to cause tbe flap extension tobend regularly ii'nniecliately above in being closed over tlie pocketopening.

be' seen tliata practical pocket is provided, and

tln i rou gbly one that.

will withstand Ithe ellects of washing witbout losing its onn n reeling'the natura which it is applied, land one not any modification shape orin any Way ail shape ot tbe stocking to requiring;

during the' course of mannfacture in the stocking to which it isapplied, tliougli, it desired, tbe bottoni edge of the pocket ineinbermay be stitched at tlic 13G same time tliat the welt is stitched, orseparately thereafter. l

lliliat is claimed l. The process eted stockings, co

is v of inanut'acturing; .pocknsisting in 'fabricating a tubular blankwith cliainetrically opposite lineal portions in ore flexible than tberemainder oi" tbe blank, flattening;` tbe blank upon blank said linealportions and securing the to a stocking along the lineal portions 40 andthe lower edge ol the flattened blank.

.2. rllie process eted stockings, co

of manufacturing pocknsistingin 'fabricating a y a distinct line' foldthe fabric. The horizontubular blank with a hemisplierical closed endportion, flattening said blank, securing the blank to a stocking toforni a pocket, leaving the flattened liemispherical end por tionextending above the upper edge of tbe stocking to form the pocketclosure.

3. The process o manufacturing pocketed stockings, consisting infabricating a tubular blank with a hemisplierical closed 'end anddiametrically opposite lineal por tions more flexible than and visiblydistinguishablei'froin the remainder of the blank. flattening;` theblank upon said lineal portions, securing the blank to a stocking alongthe bottom of tlie blank and along said lineal portions leaving tlieflattened lienii spherical end extending above the stocking, andproviding the said extending end witli a stilening element.

1l. The process ot manutacturinn)- a pook eted stocking, consisting infabricating a tubular blank with dianietrically op osite lineal portionsdistinguishable from t .e remainder ot tbe blank` 'forming one portion.of tbe blank between the lineal portions with a lieinispliericalextension, securing tbe. liernisplierical extension to the adjacent endof the other portieri between tbe lineal por tions.,` flattening theblank upon said lineal portions, and securing` tbe blank to a stoolsing` along; the bottom of the blank and alone' the linea-l portions withtlle heinispli'ericzil extension extending above the stocking and

